Recommends that inservice teacher education challenge the intellectual development of teachers. Discusses the learning process of teachers, and profiles activities in specific elementary and secondary schools intended to benefit students' learning. Suggests that teachers should teach sound habits of mind with intellectual humility, expertise in…

Humanitas is part of Collaboratives for Humanities and Arts Teaching (CHART), a nationwide network funded primarily by the Rockefeller Foundation. In 11 large school districts and numerous rural districts, high school teachers, academics, artists, and business and community leaders are cooperating to promote teaching of the arts and humanities.…

Australian research funding, with increased emphasis on social and community relevance, is criticized inappropriately by both traditional and radical segments of the humanities and social sciences. Higher standards of research planning may promote more equitable and rational funding, and there is still room for humanities research in the new…

Discussion of online searching in the humanities focuses on a comparison of the retrieval from two databases which cover philosophical materials, Philosopher's Index and FRANCIS. Retrieval performance measures are described, including precision and number of relevant records, and the results are discussed. The article concludes with a…

Reviews the difficulties and prospects of sharing science within the academy and the ripple effect that such activities may have on the larger social context of attitudes toward science. Points out that crossing into other disciplines for any purpose raises special communication problems. Advocates the change of curricula to ensure the scientific…

Discusses the tendency of universities to focus on the disciplinarity of the humanities as opposed to promoting interdisciplinary connections within the field. Argues for interdisciplinarity instead in order to reinvigorate university humanities programs and provide students with the knowledge they need. Warns against improperly practicing an…

Addresses a course entitled "Culture and Technology" specifically focusing on one aspect of this course, "The Conquest of Time and Space." Summarizes the role of technology in the transformation of society's perception of time and space and how this affected artists and writers. Highlights resources on this course topic and provides a…

Shares thoughts about a recent teaching experience that may speak to two current and related issues of importance to English studies, those of part-time and adjunct staffing and of the full-time faculty's responsibility for and involvement in the design, supervision, and instruction of lower-division courses. Considers the reintegration of tenured…

Argues that history no longer has a centrally agreed upon purpose and that the humanities have lost their core meaning as important elements of the school program. Considers the impact of postmodernism, discusses history and humanities at the end of the twentieth century, and highlights five responses to the situation. (CMK)

Through a qualitative study of the work practices of interdisciplinary humanities scholars, the activities and resources involved in scholarship that crosses disciplinary boundaries were examined. Results highlight fundamental features of work in the humanities in relation to the interdisciplinary processes scholars use to extend their knowledge…

As for every aspect of Canadian life, duality of origins has defined and shaped education. French Catholic religious personnel created an elementary education system for fur traders, farmers, and native peoples; elites had a privately funded system. English Protestants oriented their systems toward extraction industries and trade. (Contains 41…

Discusses the importance of studying non-Western cultures through the humanities and the advantages such study seems to offer in helping students learn about other peoples and how to deal with cultural differences. Believes that above all the humanities provide avenues to developing understanding and empathy for peoples of other cultures. (CMK)

Discusses rapid changes that have taken place in science over the last decade and its effects on computer science and instructional design. Topics include the idea of change; chaos; humanities and the arts; cultural literacy; paradigm shifts in education; networks of computers and humans; user-involved instructional design; and curriculum…

Two major research streams of information science, bibliometric mapping and document retrieval combined in the literature visualization movement with the implementation of VIRI (visual information retrieval interface). The capability now exists to quickly map the citation images of thousands of persons through AuthorLink, to map displays of…

This project was designed to examine the feasibility of using a "collapsed day" to explore socio-scientific issues relating to genes and genetic engineering in secondary schools by enabling science and humanities staff to collaborate. It was believed that science staff would have expertise in promoting understanding of genetics and humanities…